Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-28

Tennessee, are here ON visit to friends
and relatives
G. 5. Kimball left on Monday for
Flint where he will teach for five weeks
in the Normal school.
Mrs. Diddlecomb and Miss Lizzie
PaddOn, OF 1t. Thomas, Ont, are guests
OF Thos, Rapley and family at present.
During the thunder storm last Fri
day morning, lightning struck the barn
on the farm Of :. j. Welch east of here
doing considerable damage.
Wallace Menerey who has been work.
ing near North Pennington for the
past three months returned to his
home in this place last week.
Wm. II. Temple, a former resident of
! BrockWay Centre, but now working for
the Kalamazoo nursery, was in town
this week IN the interest Of that estab-
lishment.
This week we received a letter from
| OuT friend, Robert NJ. Lothian. now in
Minnesota exploring for iron. He in
! forms Us that the iron business is
booming in that county.
\ very ENJOYABLE time was indulged
in by all who attended the euchre party
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Wallace
last "Wednesday evening, in honor Of
their guest. Miss Dora Manson.
5. 0. Welch & Son are erecting a fine
large elevator on the north side Of
their roller mill and expect 10 have it
completed in short time. This firm
intend buying all the grain they can
this fall and will pay the highest mar
ket price.
The latest rumor regarding the p. II.
! x y. w. is TO the effect that in case
the Flint d Perc Marquette does not
! buy it. it will nevertheless be converted
! by the present owners into a broad
! gauge as the Saginaw d Durand COM
pany offer il terminal facilities and the
right of way for q reasonable consid-
/ Grafton.
The young ladies OF the NJ. L. church
will give lawn social on the grounds
! in front OF the parsonage. this CThurS-
! day) evening, for the benefit OF Rev. IL.
! King. Ice cream ana cake will be
! served i'm abundance and lots of music
and other entertainment will be fun-
! ished during the evening. The admis-
| sion fee is small, 10 cents. and all can af-
| ford TO attend. 4 cordial invitation is
extended everybody to DE present.
i. Wells True informs us that he has
! bought the llulett interest in the Gray
| steam mill. and proposes TO fit it up at
| once for business. Geo. Allen of May
/ will. will have charge Of it. They will
run the elevator part of the property
and will be ready to grind and buy
! rrVoir nr, az hafpra tIa fret pf CnntaO1
/ Der. Mr.. True needs no Introduction
to our people as q business man, and
every citizen who is interested in the
prosperity Of this place will extend to
him hearty aud cordial welcome
| Romeo Observer.
Property in Brockway Centre is still
changing hands and The building boom
| is on the increase. This week ID. G.
! Williams purhcased tWenty-four feet
! of land on the corner opposite Thos
| Darcy's shops and James Wallace
| twenty feet south Of him, paying there
! fore 80 and Sl3 per foot. The proper
| ty is what was known us the Foster
property and is q splendid business site
| The work of tearing down the old
buildings now on the lots will be i'm
mediately commenced and these gen
| tlemen intend TO erect a brick block
| this summer, the dimensions Of which
will be given later.
Later--Since writing the above we
learn that John Sexton has purchased
20 feet south Of Wallace and will erect
| brick.
The following items. in regard to
! former residents OF this vicinity, ap-
| in ha ,Av
| can last week.
ED Young has considerably improv-
| ed the road for about three miles be-
| tween here and CarsOnville, at his own
expense. We understand he intends to
improve still more Of the same road.
You have the thanks of the travelling
public generally for your labOrs, Mr..
| Young"
"Wm. Roberts. Of the Sanilac Centre
| House, contemplates some extensive
| improvements in his hotel. among
which will be an addition on the south
side and re-painting. When the i'm
| prOvements are made Mr.. RoL erts will
have one of the finest hotels north of
| Port Huron"
In spite OF what our people call "slow
times" the whole country is really ad-
| Vanclng In business and wealth at
rate that is simply astonishing to the
natives of the old world These is no
reason why every portion Of the great
| republic should not share i'm the general
prosperity. The only way to do so.
however. is to plunge into the stream.
| join the throng, go with the tide. No
community in the state of Michigan
has a better right than BrockWay
| Centre to do this. The only way we
can hope to see the place advance is by
earnest and continued effort on the
part of our citizens. Business interests
can be secured, if our citizens desire
them, that will start us along the road
to prosperity. 1t must be done too, be-
| fore many years, for communities like
men, never stand still, they either adj
vance or retrograde There is one en-
couraging thought in connection with
this matter and that is that Brock
way Centre can put up" for these
| things IL she only will. OF course il Is
only encouraging while the hope re-
mains that she will. Every man who
owns dollars worth Of property here
ought to arouse himself to the fact
| that something must be done. and that
very soon. tokeep his investment good.